Actor Chetan Ahimsa appeals says India should stand with Palestine
Bengaluru: Actor and Social Activist Chetan Kumar a.k.a Chetan Ahimsa has appealed India to stand with Palestanians during the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine, stating that Israel is a settler colony established on stolen land.
Amidst the distress caused by Hamas' attack and Israel’s retaliation, Chetan expressed concerns over the extensive destruction and violence. In the meantime, he also opined that, “Now PM Modi has expressed solidarity with Israel, a settler colony built on stolen land. India must challenge the tyranny of Israel-US hegemony and stand up for Palestinian justice."
Taking to Facebook the actor further emphasized that “Justice for Palestinians is essential.” Additionally, he criticized the disturbing incidents of Palestini Hamas parading naked bodies of dead Israeli women, describing it as brutal and condemnable, Ahimsa also noted that “such heinous war crimes remind us that shame surpasses justice during such conflicts.”
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
